A senatorial aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Oyo central, Dr. Yunus Akintunde, has congratulated former governor Adebayo Alao-Akala, as he clocked 71 today.
Akintunde, a former works and transport commissioner under the administration of late former governor Abiola Ajimobi, in a congratulatory message personally signed described he Ogbomoso-born politician as a ‘child of destiny.’
According to Akintunde, who hails from Oyo town, “I have known Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala for quite a number of years. Apart from following his political and career trajectories, I have also read and listened to people talked about him. It is destiny at work for someone who lost his father at a youthful age, tutored by his grandmother, the famous Iya Alaro, and ended up becoming a state governor. He is few of those who rose through the ranks to become what they are today.
“Apart from serving meritoriously as a police officer and retiring as an ACP, he is, arguably one of the few individuals who has a resumè of rising from council chairman to deputy governor and later to governor.
“That the leadership of our dear APC falls on him is not by chance. He has always been leaders’ leader right from time.
“So, he has paid his dues. He qualifies to be called an elder statesman. As a senior police officer and later as politician, Chief Alao-Akala has always busied himself with empowerment of people. And many people can testify to that. As he advances in age, I pray God gives him the needed strength to enjoy life and lead victory in the coming elections,” Akintunde added in the statement.
